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I Letters Patent No. 65,984, dated June 18, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM T MAY CONCERN:

B it known that I, GEORGE W. Wool), of Richmond, inthe county of Wayne, and State of Indiana, have invented anew. and useful Improvement in Inking Apparatus for Printing in Several Colors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the samereference being had to the annexed i drawings, ,making part ol' this specification, iuwhichi Figure 1 is a pcrspectivevicvr. Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section. Figure 3 is a. vertical transverse section. Figure 4 is a. section of a part-of tire apparatus. Figure 5 is n longitudinal verticalv section in part. The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication of identical parts. g The object of this invention is to provide for the tronsl'erofink from a series of continuous fountains, and to dispose the several colors properly distributed upon c roller in bands adjusted'to the form to be employed, from which they are to be transferred to the lines oftype in the form. I have not `shown the inking-fountains, nor the rollers for effect-ing distribution. These parts may be made according to any of the various systems in use. My invention consists in theuse of a series of adjustable sector-plates, arranged in sets upon a. common shaft, each set being employed to transfer one color from the fountain to the roller which applies the ink to the types; endl have shown only' s'ich pcrts'ol the mechanism las include the features claimed asnevryarrerngcdi'or printing-in three colors.

The following description will 'enable a person'skilled in the art to construct and apply my improvements to use.

A is the frame', havinig et each end4 A A bearings for the shaft B, which may be driven by any convenient power. At the ends of the shaft, inside of the frame, the cam-wheels Q C are placed. These wheels are, as I prefer Vto construct them, screwed on to the shaft for more convenient removal, for the purpose of adjusting the nkin'g-sectors. These wheels have three groves cut in their periphery, in the bottoms of which are adjustahly placed strips of India rubber Dl)1 D2, attached by set-screws D3. 'These strips extend respectively around two thirds of the circumference of the. circle, and act respectively as cams to control the-action of the wheels R B1 ,R, uhich run respectively in the grooves, as will he more fully explained hereafter. E E E2 are sector-plates,

the form of which is clearly shown in iig. 3. The fece of these plates forms an are of alittle less thongs. third of u. circle, and their Width varies according to the sizeof the pnrtictvldr 'type to which it is designed to commua nicate the color. These sector-plates are arranged upon the shaft in three sets, separated by the`rings G, :tnd,Y whenproperly arranged in reference to the Work, they are secured in position by the nuts G and the feather F on the shaft 1B, holding them all-in position and preventing their turning upon the shaft and changing their relation to one another. H l-I1 H2 nresol't composition rollers, to which the` ink lis applied from corresponding fountains, each roller receiving its proper color, and transferring it to the proper set of sector-plates. This transfer is effected by means ofthe following mechanism: On the shaft of the rollers H H1 H2, at each end; are placed wheels Ki K2, the rims of which run respectively in the grooves of-the wheels C C. These shafts` are. 'made to run in boxes I 1112, which` slide horizontally in slots in the frame' A. The ends. of these boxes are i attached to spiral springs vL Ll L2, by which they nre drawn to the centre of the apparatus) These cams D Dl l)2 in the wheels C C being respectivelyA-` arranged opposite to one another, and on the same are, the two iids of the rollers H Hl HZ will he kept in the same line, and always parallel to thlefaces of the sectorsplattes. When the cams D D are traversing respectively agcihst the wheels K Kl KZ, they 4will push the rollers H .H H away from the sectorplates,-and bring them in'econtactwith the fountains or intermediate feed-rcllers, from which they receive their respective colors. At all other timos, in -the revolution ofthe wheels CG', these rollers will be in contact with the face' of .the sector-plates, to which they will transfer their color.v '.llhese cams must be so adjusted that each set of sector-plates will successively receive its proper color. The sector-plates, in

a revolving, will transfer their colors successively to the soft type-rollers M M in bands corresponding with the several lines oitypes in the form 4to he printed.-

1 have shown an apparatus for printing in three colors ;l the number. may be increased, modifying the parta accordingly.

What I claim as my invention, und-desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Sector-plates E I?.l E, edjiistebiy arranged in heifer-transferring the inl: from the fountains, and disposing the colors in bands upon the type-rollers.

2. The combination upon one shaft of the sector-plates and csm-wheels C C.

3. The combination of the ink-i`ountuin rollers, a corresponding number of sets of sectorinking or other receiving -roller or roliei's. In testimony whereof I have signed my name tot plates, and a. type'- his specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

GEO. W. WOOD. Witnesses:

JOHN S. HOLLINGSBEAD, Z'. B.'BnooxE. 

